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| Hi all, | |
| The final phase of the license changeover to the Open Database | |
| License[1] from our current CC-BY-SA is drawing near. From April 1[2], | |
| current OpenStreetMap data will only be available under the new | |
| license. This means that all data that was contributed by those who | |
| did not agree to the new Contributor Terms (CT) will be removed by | |
| then. Although the vast majority of contributors have agreed to the | |
| CT, some 'tainted' data is jeopardy of being lost. Have a look at the | |
| CleanMap[3] and Acceptance Statistics[4] tools to get a sense of what | |
| we're talking about. There's even significant stretches of interstate | |
| among the jeopardized data. | |
| There are several things we can do together to minimize the data loss | |
| and ensure a smooth changeover to the new license: | |
| * Contact mappers who have declined or not agreed yet. Use the OSM | |
| Inspektor[5] to identify those users in your area and contact them | |
| using the messaging function on the OSM web site. I'd highly recommend | |
| to start doing that first. Mappers who are no longer active may have | |
| just overlooked the invitation email to accept the CT. Experience | |
| shows that a little effort contacting them can yield quick progress. | |
| Mappers who have already declined have made that conscious decision, | |
| but I'd try contacting them anyway. | |
| * Remap data that remains at risk of being removed, following the | |
| guidelines on the wiki (see links below). | |
| If your own area is clean, please consider helping out in more heavily | |
| affected areas. | |
| The OSM wiki provides more background and excellent, up to date | |
| resources[6][7]. You'll find answers to most questions you may have | |
| there. | |
| Best, | |
| Martijn | |
| [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Database_Licence | |
| [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Implementation_Plan | |
| [3] http://cleanmap.poole.ch/?zoom=5&lat=38.94&lon=-97.04 | |
| [4] http://odbl.poole.ch/ | |
| [5] http://tools.geofabrik.de/osmi/?view=wtfe&lon=-99.80273&lat=39.46504&zoom=4 | |
| [6] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Remapping | |
| [7] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Help_preparing_for_the_license_change |
thanks - corrected.
On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 12:11 AM, Toby Murray ***@***.*** wrote:
missing "in" here: "data is jeopardy of being lost"
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missing "in" here: "data is jeopardy of being lost"